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Work continues apace at Anfield as the Main Stand is transformed to increase the capacity of the ground.

Building work took place throughout last season and is still ongoing in Liverpool.

When the new stand is eventually completed Anfield's capacity will increase from 44,742 to 54,000.

But while the pitch was taken up at the end of the last campaign, the groundsmen will not put down a new one before August 13.

Over the past 10 days head groundsman David Roberts and his staff have been busy trying to ensure Jurgen Klopp’s side will have a playing surface in 2016/17 worthy of their refurbished surroundings, report the Liverpool Echo.

A view of the stand from outside the ground (Photo: Liverpool Echo)

With the assembly vehicles inside the stadium having departed, Roberts’ team have been able to begin the task of reseeding the pitch after the natural grass was removed back in May.

Come the start of the campaign, it will look like a new playing surface, but technically it will be the same one the Reds have used for the past 15 years.

Work taking place during June (Photo: Nick Taylor/Liverpool FC)

The Anfield pitch is a ‘Desso GrassMaster’ – a combination of natural grass and artificial fibres. Some 20 million artificial grass fibres are injected 20cm deep and cover about 3 per cent of the surface.

The natural grass roots intertwine with the artificial turf fibres and the result is a pitch that can take three times as much football as a normal, natural grass pitch. You don’t get clumps of turf being dislodged. The company’s list of clients also includes Wembley, Manchester City and Arsenal.